Some of the Difficulties Families Experience When Caring for a Patient

question 4

Multiple Choice

Some of the difficulties families experience when caring for a patient in the home include which of the following?
1) Loss of work time
2) Loss of privacy when outside caregivers are in the home 24 hours a day
3) Financial stress
4) Transmission of nosocomial infections from patient to family

• A) 1 and 3 only
• B) 2 and 4 only
• C) 1, 2, and 3 only
• D) 1, 2, 3, and 4

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